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JRM Vol.19 No.2 pp. 148-159
doi: 10.20965/jrm.2007.p0148
(2007)

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Development of Four Kinds of Mobile Robot with Preliminary-Announcement and Indication Function of Upcoming Operation

Takafumi Matsumaru

Bio-Robotics & Human-Mechatronics Laboratory, Shizuoka University, 3-5-1 Johoku, Hamamatsu, Shizuoka 432-8561, Japan

Received:
November 2, 2006
Accepted:
February 13, 2007
Published:
April 20, 2007
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Keywords:
mutual coexistence, mobile robot, preliminary-announcement and indication, upcoming operation, informational affinity
Abstract
We propose approaches and equipment for preliminarily announcing and indicating to people the speed and direction of movement of mobile robots moving on a two-dimensional plane. We introduce the four approaches categorized into (1) announcing the state just after the present and (2) indicating operations from the present to some future time continuously. To realize the approaches, we use omni-directional display (PMR-2), flat-panel display (PMR-6), laser pointer (PMR-1), and projection equipment (PMR-5) for the announcement unit of protobots. The four protobots were exhibited at the 2005 International Robot Exhibition (iREX05). We had visitors answer questionnaires in a 5-stage evaluation. The projector robot PMR-5 received the highest evaluation score among the four. An examination of differences by gender and age suggested that some people prefer simple information, friendly expressions, and a minimum of information to be presented at one time.
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T. Matsumaru, “Development of Four Kinds of Mobile Robot with Preliminary-Announcement and Indication Function of Upcoming Operation,” J. Robot. Mechatron., Vol.19 No.2, pp. 148-159, 2007.
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